BFI Southbank has unveiled full details of its Woody Allen season for January 2012.

The venue, formerly known as the National Film Theatre, launches the year with Wise Cracks: The Comedies Of Woody Allen programme.

Included in the season are 22 films from 1971's Bananas to this year's Midnight In Paris.

The season also includes extended runs of 1983's Zelig and 1986's Hannah and her Sisters.

"BFI Southbank launches the New Year with an offering of thrills and laughter from Woody Allen, a most prolific filmmaker whose career has spanned just over six decades and more than 40 feature films, with a new film made almost every year," the BFI said.

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"This retrospective of films presents a timely reminder of his brilliant and exceptional career as a writer-director of comedy films, plus the importance of the comedy genre, as BFI Southbank presents the first London Comedy Film Festival at the end of the month."

Tickets are priced at Â£9, with concessions at Â£6.65 and BFI members receiving a Â£1.40 discount per ticket.